Yesterday was Lichen Sclerosus Awareness Day. This is an under diagnosed condition that can lead to eventual cancer and death. Women get it way more than men do, and so, therefore, precious little time is spent on it in medical school. Play this video, it is definitely worth a view.
New from DJT-land, we have "de-banking." Who knew? They're trying to debank us. GO HERE if you want to play the video, it's very amusing. Much of twitter thinks he has tertiary syphilis, which is when it ends up in your brain.
Here is something from Meidas Touch. They post a lot of stuff, have pod casts and make fun of the republicans - nicely of course. They were talking to Charles Barkley about Nikki Haley's statement that America is not racist. He laughed and replied, "She's 100% correct. If you forget about slavery, Jim Crow, segregation,
anti-semitism, asian hate ... America's been smooth sailing." You can read the article and see the video here. He's talking about taking many Black people to Nikki Haley's town hall in New Hampshire, I would truly love to see that.
So, what have we been doing since I last posted on January 11? We've been testing for Covid since we spent time in St. Mary's hospital, so far we're negative. Tuesday I got a new crown. Technology has moved on from the old porcelain bonded to metal crowns. They're now solid surface, sort of like Corian. They put a camera in your mouth, photograph everything, and then send it to the milling machine. Forty five minutes later, the crown is ready to be installed. Being at the dentist's will extend the time frame for covid testing. Fortunately, I brought many kits. There has been riding and rowing on the machine and all of the usual stuff.
We're instituting a new shopping paradigm. As much food as possible will be coming from Costco, and not Safeway. We used to eat corn flakes, an 18 ounce box had hit $8. For cereal!!!! Forty ounces of Cheerios at Costco is $6.89. I like Cheerios better than corn flakes; Jim doesn't, but he's adjusting. We bought 2 pounds of shredded parmesan cheese for $11.89. Seven ounces at Safeway is $8. Even if we throw half of the two pounds off cheese away, we're still money ahead. Food prices are just becoming ridiculous. We may venture into Food City (the grocery store that caters to the Hispanic community) and see how much they're charging for roasted chilis. I'm pretty sure we're getting ripped off at $2.89 for four ounces. Every time we go in to Safeway, we leave really pissed off.
Today there was hiking. It was a glorious day, it was in the 70s. It won't last, four days of rain are in the forecast. Here are pictures of the hike out in the Tucson Mountain Park.
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Here is humor. It's a seal photo bombing a bunch of penguins. He looks really happy to be there.
Other that this, I have nothing else to say.
It's like hiking in Ohio, except cacti instead of trees.
ReplyDeleteDebank? His campaign and the people who support (idolize him) become more and more ludicrous.
ReplyDeleteI freeze cheese..does make it a bit more crumbly, but it works. Might be better if it was in a bag with the air sucked out rather than a box.
ReplyDeleteLove the seal photo! I've heard about this debanking thing -- apparently it DOES happen, but not for political reasons. It's when there are unexplained suspicious transactions. Explain THAT one, Donald!
ReplyDeleteAs much as I dislike DJT I can't imagine he'd have untreated syphilis. Surely some doctor would have caught that before now. LOL
Now I have to google debank. What the heck was he talking about - I sometimes wonder who is most stupid, IQ45 or his followers. It's a toss-up.
ReplyDeleteYour hike looks very enjoyable. The 70F sounds absolutely wonderful, we're still in a bit of the deep freeze.
Totally agree about the grocery pricing at Safeway. I've been spending more money at Walmart, although I dislike some of their business practices. I'd shop at Costco but the extra 1/2 hour drive is excessive. I do keep an eye on their prices though and if there are enough items I need/want, I will make a trip.
Trump's brain is scrambled and misfiring for sure. Debanking? Electric cars.
ReplyDeleteWhat a blue sky you're under. It's gray and snowing here today.
perhaps our few days of rain and/or chilly temps. make us appreciate these mostly beautiful, sunny, blue sky, 65–70-degree days.
ReplyDeletebeautiful landscape. we're about ready for a trip to Costco.
ReplyDeleteas for DJT, the man is visibly disintegrating. kept accusing Nikki Haley of refusing 10,000 police on J6! the man can't even make a coherent sentence.
I love the photos from your hike. What a great spot to explore.
ReplyDeleteThat Seal Photo Bomb made my day, indeed he looks so Happy to be there, Bless him. *LMAO* As for TFD, he's so incoherent and off the Rails Mentally that I can't fathom how his Base hangs on to every nonsensical thing that falls out of his Mouth!? There is definitely something seriously Wrong with him... and it's concerning me that the entire Election is between Two Geriatrics who, one is fucking Insane and the other in recent Public Addresses, had seemed quite Lost... I think we're in for a rocky Four Years, worse if TFD prevails since we'll lose Democracy... but even if Uncle Joe pulls it off, if he worsens in normal Age related issues that people of that Age just naturally do, it's worrisome. I wouldn't expect most 80+ Year Olds to be making important decisions consistently, it's an unrealistic expectation that being in Politics is any different... and yet, here we are, where the Supreme Court and the Congress and Senate are packed with Geriatric folks. No wonder the Young people in America are so concerned about their Future, people who won't even be long in this World are making the most critical decisions for us all... scary stuff. As for Prices, yes, it's become alarming, hasn't it? I mostly Shop at the Dollar Stores now for Essentials... and even they went up 25% on their pricing.
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